Police in Concord said an anonymous Crimeline tip led to the discovery and dismantling by police of a large-scale hallucinogenic mushroom operation.

Police in Concord said an anonymous Crimeline tip led to the discovery and dismantling by police of a large-scale hallucinogenic mushroom operation.

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Updated: 5:47 PM EDT Jul 17, 2015

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WEBVTT JOSH: TWO M EN WERE ARRAIGNED CONNECTED TO A MUSHROOM OPERATION. REPORTER: ON TUESDAY POLICE EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT AT AN APARTMENT HERE. PROVIDED WITH INFORMATION THAT WHILE BURIED AT SOME OF THE CONCERNS, SOME TYPE OF -- THAT COOPERATED SOME CONCERNS SOME TYPE OF DRUG OPERATION. THEY BUSTED THE DOOR DOWN. MORE COPS CAME. REPORTER: AUTHORITIES SAY THAT WHAT THEY FOUND INSIDE CAME AS A BIG SURPRISE. AFTER ENTERING THE APARTMENT, DETECTIVES REALIZED THAT IT APPEARED TO BE A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL OPERATION AND FAULTING THE CULTIVATION OF WHAT THEY BELIEVE TO BE PSYCHEDELIC MUSHROOMS. REPORTER: POLICE SAY THE WHOLE APARTMENT, INCLUDING THE BASEMENT WAS LITTERED WITH PARAPHERNALIA INVOLVED IN GROWING THE MUSHROOMS. NOTHING CONCORD POLICE HAD SEEN IN RECENT YEARS. AND THEY SAY TWO YOUNG CHILDREN OFTEN STAYED THERE. THIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ON OUR RADAR SCREEN. DRUG OFFICERS, CERTAINLY, THEY FOUND THIS TO BE AN ODDITY GIVEN THE OTHER PROBLEMS WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY WITH REGARDS TO HEROIN. WE'VE SEEN A SPIKE IN METHAMPHETAMINES. REPORTER: THE TWO MEN LIVING IN THE APARTMENT PRETTY MUCH KEPT THEMSELVES. I NEVER SEE THEM. ALL YOU SEE IS A LOT OF TRAFFIC GOING IN AND OUT OF THERE ALL THE TIME. REPORTER: THEY WERE ARRAIGNED ON FRIDAY MORNING BY VIDEO. MALITO'S SISTER WENT BEFORE A JUDGE ASKING THAT HER BROTHER WHO FACES CHILD ENDANGERMENT CHARGES HE ALLOWED SUPERVISED VISITS WITH HIS CHILDREN. THE JUDGE FOLLOWED THE PROSECUTION'S RECOMMENDATION THAT HE HAVE NO CONTACT WITH THE

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Police in Concord said an anonymous Crimeline tip led to the discovery and dismantling by police of a large-scale hallucinogenic mushroom operation.